New acquisitions and test accesses

We will keep you informed about new acquisitions or changes in the area of e-media.
Status: December 1, 2021

New e-book offer

With immediate effect, around 2,000 e-books from the humanities are activated for one year via the Manchesterhive platform from Manchester University Press. The thematic focuses are: literary studies (including Gothic Studies and Shakespeare Studies), film and media studies, history, political science and theology. The e-books will soon also be researchable in the USB portal. The best-used titles will be permanently included in the USB e-book inventory after a year.

New databases

1. Due to the good use in the test phase, the following modules of the Oxford Research Encyclopedias database were licensed.
Subject area: History; Media and communication studies, journalism, film and theater studies ; Energy, environmental protection, nuclear technology ; General and comparative linguistics and literary studies; Politics

2. Database: Eurographics Digital Library
Subject area: Computer Science
Database from the field of "computer graphics"

E-media under test

Database: Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
Subject area: History ; Philosophy ; Theology and religious studies.
Approx. 20,000 contributions on deceased personalities in church history, but also in the history of philosophy.
Test access

Database: Juris - Module PreLex
Subject area: Jurisprudence
Test access until 31.12.2021

More e-media via Initiative E-Books.NRW

As of now we offer students and employees of the University of Cologne access to the eLibrary of Nomos and the eLibrary of the VDI Verlages.
About our new e-media offer >>

New video offer

Until 15.12.2021, approx. 4,800 teaching videos are now available on a test basis on the University of Cologne network.
All information here: SAGE Video

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